Sending a bug report

Focus

Any security bug, a technical flaw, that can facilitate violation of confidentiality, integrity or availability of confidential user information on websites in the scope of the Yandex Bug Bounty contest. Web service vulnerabilities are classified using OWASP Top-10 of 2010. Mobile application vulnerabilities are classified using OWASP Mobile Top-10.

Severity level correlates with the size of the payment in bounty program.

Restrictions and responsible disclosure policy

The reward will be offered only for reporting those vulnerabilities that have not been previously detected.

The Yandex Bug Bounty participants' age has the lower age limit of 14 years old. Participants younger than 18 years old are required to provide a written permission for participation in the contest from their parents or guardians.

Yandex employees, the employees in any of Yandex’s partner companies, the authors of the code where security flaws have been reported, cannot participate in the Yandex Bug Bounty hunt.

You can test the Yandex services or mobile apps and demonstrate their vulnerabilities only from your own account. Hacking into someone else's account is strictly forbidden.

By submitting a bug report you agree to comply with Yandex’s Responsible Disclosure Policy, which forbids public or private disclosure of the details of any vulnerability found on Yandex within 90 days.